The Cambridge companion to crime fiction / 
 Crime fiction 
[edited by] Martin Priestman. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2003. 
 - xvii, 287 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge companions to literature .
 - Cambridge companions to literature. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-276) and index. 
<br/><br/> Crime fiction and detective fiction --  Eighteenth-century crime writing /  The Newgate novel and sensation fiction, 1830-1868 /  The short story from Poe to Chesterton /  French crime fiction /  The golden age /  The private eye /  Spy fiction /  The thriller /  Postwar American police fiction /  Postwar British crime fiction /  Women detectives /  Black crime fiction /  Crime on film and TV /  Detection and literary fiction /  Ian A. Bell --  Lynn Pykett --  Martin Kayman --  Sita Sch�utt --  Stephen Knight --  Dennis Porter --  Davis Seed --  David Glover --  LeRoy Lad Panek --  Martin Priestman --  Maureen T. Reddy --  Andrew Pepper --  Nickianne Moody --  Laura Marcus.  Introduction: 
<br/><br/> This companion covers British and American crime fiction from the 18th century to the end of the 20th century. As well as discussing the detective fiction of writers like Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, it considers other kinds of fiction such as the thriller and spy fiction. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521803993 (hardback) 9780521803991 (hardback) 0521008719 (pbk.) 9780521008716 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003046056 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-V0071 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.<br/>Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.<br/>Popular literature--History and criticism.--English-speaking countries<br/>Crime in literature.<br/>Roman policier anglais--Histoire et critique.<br/>Roman policier am�ericain--Histoire et critique.<br/>Paralitt�erature--Histoire et critique.--Pays anglophones<br/>Criminalit�e dans la litt�erature.<br/>Misdaadromans.<br/>Misdaadverhalen.<br/>Engels.<br/>Amerikaans.<br/>Romance policial (hist�oria e cr�itica)<br/>Literatura inglesa (hist�oria e cr�itica)<br/>Literatura norte-americana (hist�oria e cr�itica)<br/>Kriminalroman.<br/>Kriminalliteratur.<br/>Detective and mystery stories, French--History and criticism.<br/>Popular literature--History and criticism.--English speaking countries
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Englisch.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR 830.D4  / C36 2003